Patricia Dankers#
| Membership Number: | 6728 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.dankerslab.nl |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8997-181X |
| Twitter: | @dankerslab |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - now Full professor (TU/e)
- 2014 - 2017 Associate professor, tenured (TU/e)
- 2010 Visiting scholar/professor (Northwestern University Chicago)
- 2008 - 2014 Assistant professor, tenure track (TU/e)
- 2006 - 2008 Research scientist, biomedical materials (SupraPolix BV)
- 2006 - 2008 Postdoctoral researcher (University of Groningen)
- 2002 - 2006 PhD student (TU/e)
- 1997 - 2001 Student assistant courses in analytical/organic/biochemistry (RU Nijmegen)
Fields of Scholarship
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Hydrogels
- Biomedical materials
- Regenerative medicine
- Polymer chemistry
- Cell cultures
- Biomaterials
- Drug delivery
Honours and Awards
- 2007 DSM Science & Technology Award 2007, Second Prize
- 2007 Best thesis 2006/2007 of the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering TU/e, PhD Award
- 2007 Pauline van Wachem Award for the best thesis in biomaterials research in NL 2006/2007, NBTE
- 2008 Veni grant, NWO-CW
- 2012 ERC Starting grant
- 2015 De Jonge Akademie, KNAW (2016, board member 2017-2019)
- 2017 Vidi grant, NWO-CW
- 2019 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award, ACS
- 2020 KNCV Gold Medal for groundbreaking research in chemistry
- 2021 KNAW Ammodo Award for fundamental research
- 2022 Elected as member Royal Holland Academy of Sciences (KHMW)
- 2023 Vici grant NWO - CW
- 2023 TOP 50 most influential women Brabant region
- 2024 Gerard & Anton High Tech Piek Award
- 2024 ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student & Mentor Award in Polymer Science & Engineering
